7 Nov 2025法庭線#7506
七旬翁認損壞兩張選舉海報 罰款500元、賠償政府18元
A 71-year-old man damaged two Registration and Electoral Office posters in Tsing Yi on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to “criminal damage” at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (the 7th). Magistrate CHAN Wai-mun fined the defendant $500 and ordered him to pay the government $18 in compensation.
71 歲男子周三在青衣損壞兩張選舉事務處海報，周五（7 日）在西九龍裁判法院承認「刑事損壞」。裁判官陳慧敏判被告罰款 500 元、向政府賠償 18 元。
7 Nov 2025法庭線#7507
鄭嘉如私人檢控前僱主《華爾街日報》 辯方申押後審訊遭拒 如期12.18開審
Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Cheng Ka-yu was dismissed by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) less than a month after being elected last year, on the grounds of a “position restructuring”. Cheng believes she was dismissed because of her participation in a trade union and has brought a private prosecution against her employer on two charges related to preventing employees from participating in a trade union. The case was heard again at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (the 7th), when the defence entered a formal plea. Cheng pleaded not guilty and will stand trial.
The defence said it needed to replace its legal team and alleged that the prosecution was unwilling to provide information including the defendant’s conviction record and the locations of key witnesses. It said that if key witnesses were not in Hong Kong when the alleged offences took place, this would affect the court’s jurisdiction. The defence therefore applied to reschedule the trial and to deal with the admissibility of some exhibits before the trial began. The prosecution said it had no way to obtain the relevant records and argued that the information should be in the defence’s possession, maintaining that there was no basis for an adjournment. Magistrate Kow Wai-hung also questioned whether the defence was engaging in “fishing” for evidence, rejected the application to adjourn, and ruled that the trial would begin as scheduled on Dec. 18.
香港記者協會主席鄭嘉如，去年當選後不足一個月，遭《華爾街日報》（WSJ）以「職位重組」為由解僱。鄭認為自己因參與工會而遭解僱，私人檢控僱主兩項「阻止僱員參與工會」有關控罪。案件周五（7 日）在東區裁判法院再訊，辯方正式答辯，不認罪受審。
辯方指須更換律師團隊，又指控方不願提供被告定罪紀錄、關鍵證人所在地等資料，提到若關鍵證人案發時不在港，將影響法庭的司法管轄權，遂申請重新排期審訊，並於開審前先處理部分證物可否呈堂。控方則指，他們無從取得相關紀錄，反指這些資料應在辯方手中，認為沒基礎押後。裁判官高偉雄亦質疑，辯方是「試探式（fishing）」取證，拒絕押後，案件將如期在 12 月 18 日開審。
6 Nov 2025法庭線#7496
《願榮光》禁令案｜鄒幸彤申參與上訴被拒兼輸訟費 獲准延期14天提反對理由
The Department of Justice won its appeal in the application for an injunction against “Glory to Hong Kong” and was granted an interim injunction. Chow Hang-tung, who is remanded in custody in connection with the Hong Kong Alliance case, was refused permission to participate in the appeal, and her application for leave to appeal was also dismissed. Chow subsequently renewed her appeal, but the Court of Appeal refused leave and ordered her to pay about $100,000 in costs to the Department of Justice.
Chow objected to the costs order and was originally required to submit her grounds of objection by the end of October. Her side applied for an extension, which the Department of Justice opposed. High Court Master Hui Ka-ho approved a 14-day extension for her on Thursday (the 6th), and Chow’s side was also ordered to pay the costs of that day’s hearing.
律政司就《願榮光歸香港》申請禁制令案上訴成功，獲頒臨時禁制令。因支聯會案還押的鄒幸彤申請參與上訴案被拒，申上訴許可亦遭駁回。鄒幸彤再提上訴，被上訴庭拒批許可，並下令她支付律政司一方約 10 萬元訟費。
鄒反對訟費命令，原需於 10 月底之前提交反對理由，鄒一方申請延期，律政司反對。高院聆案官許家灝周四（6 日）批准讓她延期 14 天，鄒一方另須支付是日聆訊訟費。
6 Nov 2025法庭線#7497
林卓廷被控立會阻陳恒鑌、周浩鼎 獲裁無罪 官稱不能依賴陳與周證供
During the Legislative Council’s 2019 consideration of the bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, Lam Cheuk-ting was accused of approaching Abraham Razack in an attempt to seize the microphone and repeatedly speaking, thereby obstructing Chan Heng-pan and Holden Chow in the performance of their duties as legislators. After trial, he was acquitted by Magistrate Cheng Nim-chi on Thursday (6th). After the verdict, Lam shouted, “Thank you, Your Honour.”
The magistrate said Chan and Chow had been some distance from Razack and Lam. Although Chan and Chow had tried their best to recall what happened, the situation was chaotic, and their positions differed from Lam’s. They had subjectively believed that Lam approached in order to seize the microphone and had concluded that he was harassing them. Their evidence therefore could not be relied on.
The magistrate also said Lam testified that he had approached Razack to greet him, while Razack testified that Lam had indeed asked him, “Are you OK?” Razack also did not feel that Lam had used force when touching him. The magistrate considered that the accounts of the two men might be true, but dismissed Lam’s application for legal costs. The prosecution disclosed that police had called Razack’s office, where a staff member said Razack would not give a statement, “flatly saying that he was unwilling to testify.”
立法會 2019 年審議《逃犯條例》修訂法案，林卓廷被指接近石禮謙企圖搶咪並不斷說話，繼而妨礙陳恒鑌、周浩鼎執行議員職務。他經審訊後，周四（6 日）獲裁判官鄭念慈裁定無罪。宣判後，林卓廷高聲稱「感謝法官閣下」。
官指，陳恒鑌、周浩鼎身處位置與石禮謙、林卓廷有距離。儘管陳、周已盡量回想，惟情況混亂，加上兩人立場和林有別，涉主觀認為林接近為搶咪、認定林騷擾，故不能依賴兩人證供。
官又說，林卓廷供稱上前為問候石，而石亦供稱林確有問他「係咪 OK？」，亦感受不到林觸碰時用力，認為兩人說法可能為真，惟駁回林的訟費申請。控方透露，警方曾致電石禮謙辦事處，職員稱石不會給口供，「直情係話不願作供」。
5 Nov 2025集誌社#7489
JPEX 案｜16 人被控 據報包括林作 警首引打洗錢及恐怖分子例欺詐投資虛擬資產罪起訴
In the JPEX cryptocurrency fraud case, in which police arrested 80 people, police said today (the 5th), after more than two years of investigation, that 16 people had been charged and three fugitives were wanted. Police for the first time invoked the offence under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance of fraudulently or recklessly inducing another person to invest in virtual assets. The charges involve 13 core members, people linked to over-the-counter exchanges or KOLs. The case will be brought before the Eastern Magistrates' Courts tomorrow morning. KOL Lam Chok was reportedly charged. It is understood that other influencers and others charged include Vivien Yi Chan, Xiang Xiang, known as the “Goddess of the Crypto World”, Zhu Gongzi and Au Cheuk-ki. The three wanted persons are Kwok Ho-lam, Cheung Chun-ching and Mok Chun-ting, an assistant to “Coin Young Master”.
JPEX 加密貨幣騙案，警方拘捕 80 人，調查逾兩年後，今天（5日） 表示，起訴當中 16 人，及通緝三名在逃人士。警方首引《打擊洗錢及恐怖分子資金籌集條例》中，「欺詐地或罔顧實情地誘使他人投資虛擬資產的罪行」，起訴當中 13 名核心成員、場外交易所相關人士或 KOL，案件明早於東區裁判法院提堂。據報 KOL 林作被控。
據悉，其他被控的網紅等，包括陳怡、有「幣界女神」之稱的湘湘、朱公子、區焯基等。被通緝三人包括郭浩麟、張駿晴、「幣少爺」助手莫浚廷。
5 Nov 2025法庭線#7490
理大突圍｜10人暴動判囚上訴得直 獲減刑2至6月 料大部分2026年獲釋
On 18 November 2019, police surrounded Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Eleven people accused of “breaking out” in the area of Cheong Wan Road were charged with rioting and sentenced to between 3 years 10 months and 6 years in prison. All 11 appealed against their sentences. Ten succeeded and had their terms reduced by 2 to 6 months; two of them failed in separate appeals against their convictions.
The appellants argued that the trial judge, Adriana Noelle Tse Ching, had set a starting point of 6 years for sentencing, which was too high. Citing the “Leung Tsz-yeung case”, in which the circumstances were similar, they argued that the starting point should have been 3 years. The judgment rejected this, saying that the protesters in this case confronted police for longer and attacked more aggressively, making the circumstances more serious than in that case. However, it agreed that one of the riot offences concerned only one day of the PolyU incident, and that the starting point should therefore be reduced slightly to 5 and a half years. It also took into account that one of the appellants, who worked as a nurse, took the risk of participating in anti-epidemic efforts in 2020, and exercised discretion to reduce the sentence by 2 months.
According to statistics compiled by The Witness, assuming that all 11 behave well in prison and receive the full one-third remission, two are expected to be released this year, seven next year, and the remaining two in 2028.
2019 年 11 月 18 日，警方圍堵理工大學，11 人被指在暢運道一帶「突圍而出」、被控暴動，判囚 3 年 10 月至 6 年。11 人就刑期提上訴，當中 10 人上訴得直，獲減刑 2 至 6 個月；其中兩人就定罪提上訴則失敗。
上訴方爭議，原審法官謝沈智慧以 6 年為量刑起點屬過高，參考背景相同的「梁子揚案」，應以 3 年為起點。判詞反駁，本案示威者與警方對峙時間更長、攻擊更激進，情節較該案嚴重。惟同意其中一項暴動罪，只針對理大事件其中一日，量刑起點應略為下調至 5 年半，另考慮其中一名任職護士的上訴人，於 2020 年冒險參與抗疫，酌情減刑 2 個月。
據《法庭線》統計，假設案中 11 人在獄中行為良好，獲全數三分一減刑，預料兩人於今年內獲釋，7 人明年獲釋，其餘兩人則於 2028 年獲釋。
31 Oct 2025追光者#7472
吳子樂爆炸案脫罪後疑未獲發還護照 流亡抗爭者稱非單一事件
Hong Kong police’s National Security Department arrested five people on Tuesday (28th), accusing them of offences including “assisting and abetting riot” and alleging that they made and supplied weapons during the anti-extradition movement. They included Tsz Lok Ng, the third defendant acquitted by a jury in the second terrorism case. Ng and another arrested person were immediately charged and remanded. Pulse HK learned that Tsz Lok Ng had been unable to leave Hong Kong since being acquitted, while the police and the Department of Justice declined to comment on whether the passport had been retained by the court. Some people acquitted in anti-extradition movement cases and Hong Kong advocates overseas said that, if Hongkongers continue to face suppression in Hong Kong, they should not hesitate to seek asylum in other countries.
港警國安處周二（28日）以涉嫌「協助及教唆暴動」等罪名拘捕5人，指控他們於反送中運動期間製造及提供武器，包括在反恐第二案中獲陪審團裁決無罪的第三被告吳子樂，吳與另一名被捕人士隨即被起訴及還押。《追光者》接獲消息，吳子樂之前在脫罪後一直無法離港，警方及律政司拒絕回應其護照是否被法庭扣起。有反送中脫罪者及海外倡議港人認為，若有港人在香港持續被打壓，不應猶豫到其他國家尋求庇護。
30 Oct 2025法庭線#7460
膳心小館遭檢走月餅提申訴 審訊第4天向法庭撤回申索 官押後11.27再訊
In August 2024, mooncakes belonging to social enterprise “Agape Garden” were sealed and seized by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. “Agape Garden” challenged the department’s decision in court, seeking orders to revoke it and award compensation. The case entered its fourth day of trial at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday (30th).
Senior Health Inspector Chung Ching-yan testified that the mooncakes were important evidence in the case involving Sin Sum’s alleged operation of an unlicensed food factory, and had therefore been moved to the department’s seizure warehouse. The Department of Justice had been consulted beforehand. Magistrate Pang Leung-ting expressed concern that if the Department of Justice’s advice involved criminal prosecution, the court would be unable to make any ruling on the department’s actions, as prosecutorial decisions by the Department of Justice could not be interfered with. He also said of the plaintiff’s claim: “You actually don’t mean it, do you?”
After consulting its lawyers, Sin Sum decided to withdraw the claim. The department said the plaintiff had known from the outset that the mooncakes were evidence in a criminal case, yet had insisted on pursuing the claim and only withdrew it towards the end of the trial, wasting time and public funds. The magistrate considered that the case involved legal issues requiring clarification and adjourned it to 27 November for a further hearing.
2024 年 8 月，社企「膳心小館」月餅遭食環署查封及檢走。「膳心小館」向法庭申訴，要求頒令撤銷署方決定及賠償，周四（30 日）在觀塘裁判法院踏入第 4 日審訊。
高級衞生督察鍾政恩供稱，月餅為「膳心」涉無牌經營食品廠案的重要證物，故移至署方扣押倉，事前已徵詢律政司意見。裁判官彭亮廷關注，若律政司的意見涉及刑事檢控，法庭便無法就署方行動作任何裁斷，因律政司檢控決定不受干預，並指原告申索「其實你冇意思㗎喎」。
「膳心」一方與律師商討後，決定撤回申索。署方指，原告早知月餅為刑事案證據，卻堅持申索，至審訊尾聲才撤回，浪費時間及公帑。官認為本案涉及有待釐清的法律議題，押後至 11 月 27 日再訊。
30 Oct 2025法庭線#7461
黎智英控告《大公報》誹謗 申修訂指控詳情 依賴101篇文章證「聲譽謀殺」
Next Media founder Jimmy Lai filed a defamation lawsuit in the High Court in 2020 against Ta Kung Pao over 101 articles, including one headlined “Route for ‘fleeing’ by mastermind behind Hong Kong chaos exposed, fee HK$1 million”, which alleged that Lai intended to abscond after being released on bail. The case returned to the District Court on Thursday (30th), where Lai’s side applied for leave to amend the writ of summons and relied on 101 articles to prove that Ta Kung Pao had maliciously smeared him. Judge Ko King-shiu will deliver his judgment within three months.
Lai’s side said one article described him as a “black hand behind Hong Kong chaos” who “spared no effort to bring harm to Hong Kong”, causing him “reputational murder”. Another article featured a doctored image showing Lai in a fictitious prison. Lai’s side criticised the material as malicious personal attacks rather than news reports. Ta Kung Pao’s side questioned how Lai’s side had established that the articles were “maliciously defamatory” of Lai and which parts were false, and said the plaintiff was required to prove that the defendant knew the contents were false.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英於 2020 年入稟高等法院，控告《大公報》誹謗（法律 101 文章）、發布題為〈亂港頭目謀『著草』路線曝光 收費100萬〉的文章，指黎欲棄保潛逃。案件周四（30 日）在區域法院再訊，黎一方申請許可修訂傳訊令狀，依賴 101 篇文章證明《大公報》惡意中傷黎智英。法官高勁修將於 3 個月內頒判詞。
黎一方指，其中一篇文章形容黎是「亂港黑手」、「禍害香港不遺餘力」，對黎造成「聲譽謀殺」。另有文章載有一幅改圖，顯示黎身處虛假的監獄，黎一方批評，內容非新聞報道，而是對黎的惡意人身攻擊。《大公報》一方質疑，黎一方沒說明上述文章如何對黎「惡意誹謗」、哪部分內容不實，又指原告須證明被告知悉內容虛假。
30 Oct 2025法庭線#7464
平屋控大坑西邨未遷出居民第二案 6人均達和解 居民庭外稱滿意承諾書條款獲修改
Tai Hang Sai Estate in Shek Kip Mei is to be demolished and redeveloped. The Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation Limited brought civil proceedings against residents who refused to move out. The second consolidated case entered its third day of hearing at the District Court on Thursday (30th). Four of the original defendants had reached settlements, while the other two had intended to defend the case. By Thursday, those two residents had also reached settlements with the corporation, and the proceedings against them were discontinued. In other words, all six residents in the case had reached settlements.
One of the residents who had originally intended to defend the case, Tak Weng Chau, said outside court that he had been unable to eat or sleep because of the litigation over the past year or two, and was now “greatly relieved”. He said the hearing had led the corporation to amend the wording of the undertaking so that it did not restrict residents from pursuing claims in court. “In fact, I have achieved my small objective,” he said, adding that he had “accomplished my mission and withdrawn”.
石硤尾大坑西邨將清拆重建，「平民屋宇有限公司」民事控告拒絕遷出居民。第二宗合併案周四（30 日）在區域法院踏入第三日審訊。本案原有 4 人已達和解，另兩人擬抗辯。至周四該兩名居民亦先後與「平屋」達成和解，獲終止訴訟。換言之，本案 6 人均已達成和解。
其中一名原擬抗辯的居民周德榮在庭外指，這一、兩年因打官司寢食難安﹐如今「鬆晒口氣」。他又指，是次審訊使「平屋」修改承諾書條款字眼，不限制居民向法庭申索，「其實我已經達到我小小嘅目的」，認為自己是「功成身退」。
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